SIMPLICITY AND INNER CALM transformation

One of the fifteen transformations; the practical equivalent of Occam's razor, removing everything not required.

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Simplicity and Inner Calm
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The property that living wholes have a geometrical simplicity and purity with a certain slowness, majesty, and quietness; everything unnecessary is removed—all centers not actively supporting other centers are stripped out
Occam's razor
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The philosophical principle of parsimony, used as an analogy for the drive to simplicity in living process.

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Vol 2 — Chapter 17: Simplicity
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This chapter from The Nature of Order argues that simplicity is the defining quality of a living process, examining symmetry, the drive to simplicity, nothingness, and the deepest nature of living structure.

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It is not true that outward simplicity creates inner calm; it is only inner simplicity, true simplicity of heart, which creates itclaim0.834
Claim that the wild Norwegian dragon carving has inner calm despite complexity, because everything essential has been left and nothing extraneous remains—distinguishing inner from outer simplicity
Simplicity Transformationconcept0.823
A transformation that removes unwanted centers and unnecessary complexity throughout the structure, leaving only essential centers.
Simplicity and inner calm follows minimum energy principles, giving rise to efficient forms like leaf shapes and boiling fluid surfaces.claim0.790
Simplicity is a spiritually achieved state of art.claim0.779
Claims the spiritual dimension of true simplicity.
The entire living process is oriented by the simplicity transformation, and is pruned steadily to move towards beautiful simplicity.claim0.770
Identifies the fifteenth transformation as the overarching aesthetic guide that shapes the process outcome.
In every case, the process is straightforward, simple, and above all free: it allows the reality of the situation, the human needs, human joys, to find expression.claim0.753
A summary generalization from the examples about the nature of living processes.
Smooth Transformationconcept0.751
Another term for a structure-preserving transformation, one which preserves structure and wholeness without abrupt disruption.
Something truly relaxed, truly made for human comfort, truly arising from an egoless and unencumbered wish to make things right, and nothing more.quote0.744
Final lines describing the ultimate ordinariness and authenticity of living architecture.